Tag: BESS
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Huawei to pull its LUNA battery energy storage systems from the UK by end of 2025
Huawei will discontinue its LUNA battery energy storage systems in the UK by end-2025, with suppliers notified on August 22. The company will clear existing inventory and honor warranties, but no longer permits extended warranty sales, as BESS represented only a single-digit percentage of UK revenues.
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Volvo Penta partners with e-power to supply BESS systems for construction rental giant Boels
Volvo Penta will supply battery subsystems to Belgian firm e-power for BESS units serving Boels Rental’s construction fleet. The compact systems offer silent, mobile energy for rental operations, marking a shift from diesel generators to battery-powered equipment in European construction applications.
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Fuel cells: A distributed approach for accelerating load growth
Utilities are under increasing pressure to maintain grid stability while accommodating record levels of electrification, industrial growth, and decarbonization. At the same time, large energy users — including manufacturers and data centers — are requiring access to much more reliable, high-quality power on a much shorter timeline than traditional utility infrastructure solutions can deliver. In…
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Virtual Power Plants Showed Up for Their Biggest Test Yet. Here Are the Results
If what happened on July 29 in California is any indication of the future of the power grid, then there is reason for optimism. Let’s look at it from the perspective of Tom Weldon, who owns a house on the south end of San Jose and has rooftop solar and a battery system. Weldon didn’t…
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New research shows cast mono wafers are still far from commercial maturity
A Chinese research team has investigated impurity and defect levels in solar cells based on mono cast wafers and have found that around 30% of the devices present an “excessive” reduction in power conversion efficiency. The scientists concluded that cast monocrystalline silicon will unlikely capture a meaningful market share in the near future.
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BP and JERA have officially established a joint venture, with equal ownership
bp and JERA form JERA Nex bp, a UK-based offshore wind venture with 13 GW in capacity, deepening UK-Japan ties and expanding clean energy globally bp has now completed five major project start-ups in 2025, adding JERA Nex bp to the list. This new 50:50 joint venture with JERA brings together two major players in energy with a clear focus…
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Hundreds of old EV batteries have new jobs in Texas: Stabilizing the power grid
East of San Antonio in Bexar County, 500 electric vehicle batteries at the end of their automotive lives will soon be repurposed to provide energy storage for Texas’ electric grid, a California company, B2U Storage Solutions, announced last week. The batteries, housed in 21 cabinets the size of shipping containers, create a second life for…